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577g              9,8 x 6,4 x 7,5cm
In vollendeter Präzision geschliffen und poliert bis zum reinen Spiegelglanz, ruht dieser Schädel aus tiefstem Obsidian wie eine Verdichtung der Nacht selbst.
Seine Oberfläche reflektiert das Licht makellos – und doch scheint sie kein Licht zu geben, sondern es zu verschlingen.

In alten mesoamerikanischen Mythen galt Obsidian als „Stein der Nachtsonne“ – ein Geschenk des Gottes Tezcatlipoca, dessen Name „Rauchender Spiegel“ bedeutet. In ihm, so hieß es, blickte der Gott in die Seelen der Menschen, um Wahrheit und Täuschung voneinander zu trennen.
Dieser Schädel trägt denselben Geist – er spiegelt, doch er enthüllt auch. Wer ihn betrachtet, sieht sich selbst – und das, was jenseits des Selbst liegt.

Obsidian entsteht, wenn Lava in einem Augenblick erstarrt – das Feuer der Erde, gebannt in lautlose Tiefe.
So verkörpert er die Vereinigung von Ursprung und Bewusstsein, von Dunkelheit und Licht – ein Symbol der Klarheit inmitten des Unbekannten.

Ein makellos gearbeitetes Meisterstück: präzise, kraftvoll, geheimnisvoll –
der schwarze Spiegel des Geistes.

Mexico

577g impressive obsidian skull - clear, striking cut and authentic expression Skull- 577 g

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Paleogene, Eocene (56 - 33.9 million years)

Paleogene (66 - 23.03 million years)

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Devonian, Lower (419.2 - 393.3 million years)

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